Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Animal-skin disguise or identity marker

animal_skin_disguise_or_identity_marker

A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 HIS GRATEFUL PUPIL / THE AUTHOR. / TABLE OF CONTENTS. / PART I.; lines 111-157 confidence: low

    The selected stories listed are “The Ass in the Lion’s Skin,” “The Talkative Tortoise,” “The Jackal and the Crow,” “The Wise Judge,” “Sakka’s Presents,” and “A Lesson for Kings.”

    The title “The Ass in the Lion’s Skin” contains an animal placed in another animal’s skin.

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